Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Box Tops
Songwriter Wayne Carson wrote this song after his father suggested the opening line, “Give me a ticket for an aeroplane.”
“The Box Tops” was released as a single in the summer of ‘67, reaching #1 in the United States.
[Verse 1]
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
[Verse 2]
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
[Bridge]
Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see
I got to get back to my baby once more?
Any way, yeah
[Verse 1]
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
[Bridge]
Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see
I got to get back to my baby once more?
Any way, yeah
[Verse 1]
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
Because my baby just wrote me a letter
The Letter was written by Wayne Carson.
The Letter was produced by Dan Penn.
Box Tops released The Letter on Thu Jun 01 1967.
Singer Alex Chilton about his producer’s role –
[He] coached me pretty heavily on singing anything we ever did. In a lot of cases, it sounds more like him singing than it sounds like me.